Upper West

The True Adventures of an Alaska Sourdough in the Greatest Big-Game Country on Earth, the Upper Yukon. Major Nevill Armstrong was the first civilized man to set foot in the Macmillan River wilderness on the Upper Yukon. On a prospecting trip there in 1905 with another sourdough during a 16-month prospecting trip turned survival ordeal, fell in love with that brutal country 300 miles from the nearest post.* Fast forward 10 years Nevill Armstrong returns with a few other sportsmen to reap the reward of his previous scouting adventures. On a hunting trip in 1914 he found that the riches of ...

In the third and final volume of The War at Home series, author John Woodruff sees the Prescotts off as they maneuver into adulthood during an era in which the Vietnam conflict seems endless. And as some of the family continue to navigate the material world, so do two of their own in the afterlife. Patiently waiting to be accepted into the Elysian Fields, Emily and Bartholomew Prescott explore Metacosma, the space and time held in between mortal death and eternity.

Vendetta: A different kind of murder for hire story. Both the husband and the wife intend to kill the other. Unknowingly, the wife hires the same hitman as the husband. Once becoming aware of that fact, she is left with no option but to take matters into her own hands. Nothing but pure bedlam follows. Blood Diamonds: Ross Morgan has just brought a cache of undocumented diamonds across the Mexican border. Taking the less traveled route across the Arizona desert, he’s enjoying a scenic trip along a desolate road when his front tire blows. Faced with having to change the tire, he steps out ...

In the fourteenth floor of a pre-war Manhattan building lives Eli Goldsmith, a reclusive intellectual who has declared war on the 21st century. His apartment is a time capsule of flickering candles and vintage jazz, where the only visitors are the ghosts of literature and classic cinema. To his neighbors, he's an eccentric. A hermit. A madman. But to Dolores Steinberg, the building's self-appointed detective, Eli is something far more sinister: a vampire stalking victims from his gothic aerie above Broadway. For three years, Dolores has documented Eli's strange habits—his aversion to ...

Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer Danielle's success is due to the puff pieces she churns out. Freelance critic Julius can barely make ends meet. Into this mix comes Bootie, Marina's college dropout cousin, who is just the catalyst the three friends need to start making significant changes in their lives.

Charles, an Oxford scientist on the eve of retirement, decides to counter his wife’s mid-life dream of an expanded marriage with his own: swimming the English Channel – at least once in his life. His Channel crossing turns into an ordeal, a rite of passage, and, ultimately, a tribute to the vagaries of love. At the end of his quest, Charles realizes that he cannot jump over his own shadow. He can only swim across and through it.

Roger P., a convicted double killer, escapes from custody, leaving a manuscript in his cell recounting fragments of his life and the events which result in his trial for murder. Entirely narrated by his inner voice, the document charts his rise and fall as star reporter of The Daily Hack, a scurrilous popular tabloid. As the Hack’s Investigations Editor, P. uncovers celebrity and political scandals, all the while promoting the anti-immigrant, anti-social benefits agenda of his owners and their bent politician cronies. Happy at first in this scabrous life exposing sex criminals and ...

In it's heydey, Grossinger's Bakery was the one-stop shop for Upper West Siders seeking baked goods and traditional European treats. Breaking Eggs tells the story of Hungarian-Jewish immigrants during the depression in NYC and the business that grew into a legendary bakery. To this day, customers and grandchildren of those original customers still pine for the famous praline ice cream cake created by the author's father. This book takes you on a journey from immigration to the final days of the bakery's physical presence on the ever-changing Upper West Side.